Some districts of North Karnataka have been receiving heavy rainfall for three days now. But officials say that despite heavy rainfall in some North Karnataka districts, there is no threat of a flood in the region.
Irrigation officials increased the outflow from the Alamatti Dam to over one lakh cusecs by Monday evening, due to increased inflow. The outflow in the morning was around 6,000 cusecs. This is a sudden increase, 17 times over the outflow in a single day. The dam now has 117 tmcft, which is 95% of its total water impounding capacity.
“Almatti outflow was increased to create a cushion for the inflow that included water discharge from Maharashtra of 57,000 cusecs and heavy rainfall in the basin areas. Water from Kallol Barrage in Belagavi will reach Alamatti in 36 hours. If inflow stays between 60,000 cusecs and 70,000 cusecs, the dam will get around six tmcft of water,’’ officials said.
